Amor Eterno – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Rocío Dúrcal
• Album: Canta A Juan Gabriel

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotive power of the Spanish language through this masterpiece. By analyzing its poetic, heart-wrenching lyrics, learners can master formal terms of endearment and the subjunctive mood used to express wishes and deep reflection.

[English]

You are the sadness within my eyes

That cry in silence for your love

I look in the mirror and see on my face

The time I have suffered because of your goodbye

I force my thoughts to forget you

Since I am always thinking about yesterday

I prefer to be asleep than awake

It hurts me so much that you are not here

How I wish, oh!

That you were alive

That your little eyes had never

Closed ever, and to be looking into them

Eternal and unforgettable love

Sooner or later I will be with you

To keep on loving each other

...

...

I have suffered so much from your absence

Since that day until today I am not happy

Although my conscience is at peace

I know I could have done more for you

I am living in a dark solitude

The very same solitude of your grave

You are the love of which I hold

The saddest memory of Acapulco

How I wish, oh!

That you were alive

That your little eyes had never

Closed ever, and to be looking into them

Eternal and unforgettable love

Sooner or later I will be with you

To keep on loving each other

...

Eternal love

Eternal

Eternal love

...

Eternal

...

[Spanish]

Tú eres la tristeza y de mis ojos

Que lloran en silencio por tu amor

Me miro en el espejo y veo en mi rostro

El tiempo que he sufrido por tu adiós

Obligo a que te olvide el pensamiento

Pues siempre estoy pensando en el ayer

Prefiero estar dormida que despierta

De tanto que me duele que no estés

Cómo quisiera ¡ay!

Que tú vivieras

Que tus ojitos jamás se hubieran

Cerrado nunca y estar mirándolos

Amor eterno e inolvidable

Tarde o temprano estaré contigo

Para seguir amándonos

Yo he sufrido tanto por tu ausencia

Desde ese día hasta hoy no soy feliz

Aunque tengo tranquila mi conciencia

Sé que pude haber yo hecho más por ti

Oscura soledad estoy viviendo

La misma soledad de tu sepulcro

Tú eres el amor del cual yo tengo

El más triste recuerdo de Acapulco

Cómo quisiera ¡ay!

Que tú vivieras

Que tus ojitos jamás se hubieran

Cerrado nunca y estar mirándolos

Amor eterno e inolvidable

Tarde o temprano estaré contigo

Para seguir amándonos

Amor eterno

Eterno

Amor eterno

Eterno

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tristeza tristesa A2	noun - sadness
lloran ʝoɾan A2	verb - they cry
espejo espexo A2	noun - mirror
sufrido suɸɾido B1	verb - suffered
olvido olbido B1	noun - oblivion / forgetting
pensamiento pensamjento B1	noun - thought
dormida dormida A1	adjective - asleep
eterno eterno B1	adjective - eternal
inolvidable inolbidable B2	adjective - unforgettable
ausencia ausensja B1	noun - absence
conciencia konθjenθja B2	noun - conscience / awareness
soledad soledad B1	noun - solitude / loneliness
sepulcro sepulkɾo C1	noun - sepulcher / tomb
recuerdo rekwerdo B1	noun - memory / recollection